17 must-read crime books like Westwind by Ian Rankin

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Westwind

By: Ian Rankin

3.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For the first time in the US, this timeless cat-and-mouse classic from the Edgar Award-winning "gen…

If you liked the crime plot in Westwind by Ian Rankin , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Never Somewhere Else (DCI Lorimer, #1) by Alex Gray

1. Never Somewhere Else (DCI Lorimer, #1)

By: Alex Gray

3.82

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When a series of young women are discovered strangled and mutilated in a Glasgow park, it is up to … read more

Similar categories in Alex Gray's Never Somewhere Else (DCI Lorimer, #1) book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. Rush of Blood

By: Mark Billingham

3.81

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Perfect strangers. A perfect holiday. The perfect murder... Three couples meet around the pool on t… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's Rush of Blood book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Life isn’t fair. Fair is somewhere you go to ride the dodgems and win a goldfish."

-Mark Billingham, Rush of Blood

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3. Thirteen Steps Down

By: Ruth Rendell

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

From the multi-award-winning author of The Babes in the Woodand The Rottweiler, a chilling new nove… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Rendell's Thirteen Steps Down book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Blood Hunt

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

As a former soldier, Gordon Reeve knows something about killing. So despite the fact that the death… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Blood Hunt book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. A Dark So Deadly

By: Stuart MacBride

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae seri… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's A Dark So Deadly book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Bleeding Hearts

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

Michael Weston is paid well to do his work and ask no questions. When you're a professional assassi… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Bleeding Hearts book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. Now We Are Dead

By: Stuart MacBride

4.16

Format: 144 pages, ebook

From the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series, comes a standalone spinoff featuring D… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's Now We Are Dead book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Witch Hunt

By: Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Witch - infamous, clever, invisible, assassin. Interpol have tried and failed to find her. Now the … read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Witch Hunt book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Die of Shame

By: Mark Billingham

4.50

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

From British thriller master Mark Billingham, a recent finalist for the Crime Writers' Association … read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's Die of Shame book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

10. The Papers of Tony Veitch (Jack Laidlaw, #2)

By: William McIlvanney

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The dying words of an alcoholic tramp set Jack Laidlaw onto the trail of a certain Tony Veitch, a y… read more

Similar categories in William McIlvanney's The Papers of Tony Veitch (Jack Laidlaw, #2) book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

11. Strange Loyalties (Jack Laidlaw, #3)

By: William McIlvanney

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Detective Laidlaw investigates a case that hits home-his brother's seemingly random death. read more

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12. Laidlaw (Jack Laidlaw, #1)

By: William McIlvanney

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

The unorthodox, complex, sardonically humorous, intriguing policeman Jack Laidlaw makes his debut i… read more

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13. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

14. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Westwind by Ian Rankin

15. Westwind

By: Ian Rankin

3.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For the first time in the US, this timeless cat-and-mouse classic from the Edgar Award-winning "gen… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Westwind book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • audiobook
  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • science fiction
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16. The Dark Remains

By: William McIlvanney

3.84

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

In this scorching crime prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-w… read more

Similar categories in William McIlvanney's The Dark Remains book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The law's not about justice. It's a system we've put in place because we can't have justice."

-William McIlvanney, The Dark Remains

Cover of The Blood Road (Logan McRae #11) by Stuart MacBride

17. The Blood Road (Logan McRae #11)

By: Stuart MacBride

4.25

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Some things just won’t stay buried… Logan McRae’s personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but … read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's The Blood Road (Logan McRae #11) book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Sea Fever (George & Molly Palmer-Jones, #5) by Ann Cleeves

18. Sea Fever (George & Molly Palmer-Jones, #5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.84

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Shetland and VeraEven if there had been no murder, the last trip of a small band… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Sea Fever (George & Molly Palmer-Jones, #5) book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In a Place of Darkness by Stuart MacBride

19. In a Place of Darkness

By: Stuart MacBride

4.38

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

THE CLOCK IS TICKING...Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's In a Place of Darkness book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville

20. Blood Like Mine

By: Stuart Neville

3.79

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

STAY ON THE MOVE. STAY OUT OF SIGHT. In LA Times Book Prizewinner Stuart Neville’s daring foray … read more

Similar categories in Stuart Neville's Blood Like Mine book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Precipice by Robert Harris

21. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Ian Rankin's Westwind

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

18 best-selling fiction books like Westwind by Ian Rankin

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Never Somewhere Else (DCI Lorimer, #1)

Alex Gray

3.82

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Rush of Blood

Mark Billingham

3.81

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Thirteen Steps Down

Ruth Rendell

3.69

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Blood Hunt

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.03

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The Gathering

C.J. Tudor

3.93

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The Chamber

Will Dean

3.69

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Heads Will Roll

Josh Winning

3.69

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Redemption

Jack Jordan

4.29

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